A/N: I apologize for the long wait for an update, BUT, to make up for it, the next chapter will be a great one. :D
Thanks for reading, and hopefully sticking with this story.
"Spock, are you alright?" Uhura asked, while they were walking to the bridge.
Spock struggled for his words, he wasn't quite sure how to say them.
"I was wondering, why my future self, would just leave the child, our child, in the middle of nowhere," Spock explained, seemingly frustrated by his imprecise words. "It seems illogical."
Uhura frowned, "Yes, I've been thinking about that too," she confessed. "It just doesn't seem to fit."
Spock furrowed his brow, even more frustrated than before.
"No, it doesn't. I think the best course of action would be to re-examine the shuttle, and look for something we might have missed," he said finally.
Uhura nodded, and pressed the com on her chest.
"Uhura to Kirk," she said.
"Kirk here, where are you guys?"
"On our way, but we'd like to ask for a couple of hours to re-examine the shuttle Amanda was found in, the story just doesn't seem to make sense," Uhura explained.
Spock remained silent, contemplative. In his mind, he had a thousand questions that needed answering, the shuttle would have answers.
"Very well, update me when you can, Kirk out."
The com ended, and Spock felt Uhura look at him.
He looked up and nodded, motioning her to the shuttle bay.
They both immediately got to work examining the shuttle's data, and the shuttle itself.
Only when Spock was looking at the co-ordinates, is when he found something strange.
The computer wouldn't reveal who had entered them. Spock tried several decoding strategies, but they were ineffective. This finding only brought up more questions, because if he was in a hurry, there is no way he would of gone to this much trouble to hide who entered them.
He was still in deep concentration, when Uhura, who was rummaging through the shuttle's contents called him over to her.
"wow, Spock, you have to see this," she said, in an amazed tone.
Spock left the station, he wasn't getting anywhere with it, and went to Uhura's side.
Uhura was holding a photograph.
It was a photograph of them, from the future.
Spock examined it, and realized that he was smiling, and embracing Uhura, who was leaning against his chest. He also found that his hands, were on her stomach, that was large and round.
Without realizing it, he stroked the photograph, and sighed deeply.
"Where'd you find this?" he said, looking up at Uhura, who was still looking at the photo.
"Over there," she tilted her head, over to the back corner of the ship.
Spock walked over to where she directed, and as he was walking, he found something peculiar in the very back corner of the shuttle.
It had a very new control panel, installed recently. It was very small and close to the floor. Barely in sight.
He reached over, and pressed on of the buttons. When he did, the floor began to move, and a hole appeared in the floor, just big enough for someone to crawl through.
He raised an eyebrow, and looked at Uhura, who was already looking at him.
"Well, we should at least see where it leads," said Uhura, after a long silence.
Spock nodded, and started to climb in the hole, Uhura followed shortly behind.
Spock crawled though the dark tunnel, until he came to yet another control panel on the wall, he pressed another button, and the wall opened.
Inside, was a very spacious room.
He crawled through, and Uhura followed him, she was just as confused as he was.
They both looked around the room, the room had been lived in.
There was a large bed at one end, the sheets and blankets on it were disturbed, and had been slept on.
There was also a table in the middle of the room, cluttered with PADDs, large books, a lute, and a chess set.
And finally, there were numerous shelves in the walls, lined with plenty of packaged food, and bottled water. Enough for a few months if needed.
"This is strange," Uhura finally said, walking over to the PADDs on the table.
"Indeed, if my future self was in a hurry, to help get her safe, I can't imagine that I'd have enough time to set all of this up for her," said Spock.
"You didn't," Uhura said, shock on her face.
Spock raised an eyebrow at her, what was she talking about?
"These PADDs," Uhura explained "are filled with co-ordinates, and studies of anomalies, and research on time travel. You never sent her here, she brought herself here." Uhura finished, Looking up at him in disbelief.
"That can't be," Spock said in blatant disbelief
"Look for yourself," said Uhura, motioning to the PADDs on the table.
Spock walked over, and looked at them. Sure enough, Uhura's conclusions were true.
Amanda had brought herself here, but why?